eBird Field Checklist
Harris County, Texas, US
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463 species (+155 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
whistling-duck sp.
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Anser sp.
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid)
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Mexican Duck
Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mexican Duck
American Black Duck
Mottled Duck
Mallard x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
Mexican x Mottled Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/Mottled Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
ground dove/Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Greater Roadrunner
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Chimney Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
Hummingbirds
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Limpkin
Limpkin
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Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
curlew sp.
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian/Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Laughing/Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
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Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Loons
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
sulid sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
pelican sp.
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Snail Kite
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Flammulated Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
owl sp.
Hornbills
Western Red-billed Hornbill
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Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied x Red-naped Sapsucker (hybrid)
sapsucker sp.
Red-headed Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Golden-fronted x Red-bellied Woodpecker (hybrid)
Downy Woodpecker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatoos
Cockatiel
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Lilian's Lovebird
Monk Parakeet
White-winged Parakeet
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Hyacinth Macaw
Nanday Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Blue-crowned Parakeet
Green Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
parrot sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Greater Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
phoebe sp.
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo
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solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
vireo sp.
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Green Jay
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
crow sp.
raven sp.
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tufted/Black-crested Titmouse
Larks
Horned Lark
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Red-vented Bulbul
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
bluebird sp.
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Weavers and Allies
Northern Red Bishop
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Indian Silverbill
Scaly-breasted Munia
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Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Island Canary
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
longspur sp.
New World Sparrows
Cassin's Sparrow
Bachman's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia sp.
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
Spotted x Eastern Towhee (hybrid)
Spotted/Eastern Towhee (Rufous-sided Towhee)
towhee sp.
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's x Baltimore Oriole (hybrid)
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bronzed/Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
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Great-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Northern x Tropical Parula (hybrid)
Northern/Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Grace's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer/Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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